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Social InjusticeThe two social injustice examples I am going to use are going to be equal access to health care and equal education. “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health of himself and of his family, including food, housing, and medical care and necessary social services,” states Article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unfortunately today, American citizens do not have equal access to health care, as they should be given. Federal programs and health care companies know that they don’t all have the same health status nor do they have the same access to quality health care services. Even though the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all humans are legally to have fair and equal access to health care, the truth is within a number of different issues that have to do with the availability, acceptability, accessibility, and the quality of the heath care services that are being offered to all citizens. The International Covenant in Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) states that “Access to health care is determined by the availability, accessibility of services to the public; the acceptability to different cultures, sexes, and age groups; and the quality of the services.” So that all of these services may be offered, officials must give their services in a non-discriminatory way. The health care facilities, services, and programs in the United States today are overflowing in quantity, but the people cannot afford to have the services that they need. The core issues at the bottom of the health care problems in the United States are availability, acceptability, accessibility, and quality of health care. According to ICESCR “Functioning health care systems must be available in sufficient quantity within the country. These include safe and potable drinking water, adequate sanitation facilities, health-related buildings, trained medical professionals, competitive salaries, and essential...

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...Mrs. C. Bissmeyer
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What would you do when confronted with Injustice?
As American citizens, we withhold freedoms like no other country. When we begin to abuse these freedoms, that’s when injustice occurs. The definition of Injustice is lack of fairness. The late Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. stated that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere.” There are many categories’ that can fall into Injustice.
One of the categories that fall under Injustice would be SocialInjustice. One example of a socialinjustice is when a person commits a crime for the first time or gets in trouble with the law for the first time, gets prosecuted to the fullest but a person who is a convicted criminal keeps getting away with the crimes they are committing. Socialinjustice continues to resurface all around, taking new forms as society grows and changes. In the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George, Lennie and Candy, are constantly working towards conquering their dreams and are held back by Curley's selfishness.
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...you know what is really going on in our world? Behind the safety of your closed doors there is socialinjustice. Our past and present is a world full of unfairness. For example how the “Okies” were treated in The Grapes of Wrath, or how of the rich get richer and go to private boarding schools to get the best education in The Catcher in the Rye. SocialInjustice arises when equals are treated unequally and unequals are treated equally
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath people, in places such as Oklahoma, were told that if they moved to California they would live a lavish life and there would be plenty of jobs, but oh boy were they told wrong. Once in California “ There was no order in the camp; little gray tents, shacks, cars were scattered about at random.” (Steinbeck) people were expected to live in camps like this and go to work for the people that owned the camps who lived in large houses with plenty of food to eat. The Okies were put throgh socialinjustice, they should not have been promised jobs that didn’t exist and houses that were no where to be seen.
The exact opposite occurred in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. The rich were expected to keep on getting richer. Their kids go to top-notch boarding schools, not only that but society seems to think that the rich should be perfect and never crack, even the rich believe this. These are stereotypical social...

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In this day and age, many socialinjustices are occurring throughout the world. One of the most heinous injustices that many people know of is Asylum Seekers. In Australia, we turn away Asylum Seekers and the subject has become a very popular debate in the community. For people who don’t know what an Asylum Seeker is, it’s someone who has escaped or is fleeing their country in search of a better life filled with more opportunities.
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...Section I - Dimensions of Social Inequality
Begin by identifying yourself on the dimensions commonly associated with social inequalities: social class (income, wealth, (current and intended) education level, occupational prestige (associated with current or planned career), race, ethnicity, and gender. In addition, you might also identify yourself on dimensions associated with less traditional inequalities, such as national origin,, sexual identity or preference, age, weight, able-bodiedness, and so forth. Explain where you fit and how that affects the life chances for you and others like you. Use theoretical concepts and empirical findings from class materials, other relevant research, and archival data sources to describe and analyze your “place” in the world. Why do you think our society stratifies individuals and groups on these dimensions and not others? Use important theoretical concepts to perform this analysis. Discuss how various ideas might be synthesized to produce a better explanation
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...In Australia, a person's social class impacts their life chances'. Critically evaluate this statement.
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As one of the major systems of stratification, class is based on ownership of resources and on the type of work that people do. Marx and Webber acknowledged social class as a determinant of social inequality and social change. For Marx, people’s wealth determines their class position. The stratification of society into different social groups results in disparity in income and wealth and uneven access to available goods and services. People with high income or wealth have more opportunity to control their own lives. People with less income have fewer life chances and must spend their restricted resources to obtain basic living requirements.
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...Social stratification defines any structure of inequality that persists in a society across generations. Social strata are groups of people — who belong to the same social class or have the same social level. Social strata are organised in a vertical hierarchy. In the early societies people shared a common social standing. In the hunting and gathering societies there was little stratification: men hunted for meat while women gathered edible plants. The general welfare of the society depended on the mutual sharing of goods between all members and no group emerged as better off than the others.
Social inequality began with the emergence of horticulture and pastoral societies. For the first time people had reliable sources of food and the population increased. Not all members of the societies needed to be involved in the production of food and people were free to choose their occupation. In the agriculture societies that followed, the division of labour resulted in job specialisation where people valued certain jobs more than others. The industrial revolution that started in the 18th century further differentiated people according to their wealth and occupation.
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...Social inequality refers to a situation in which individual groups in a society do not have equal social status, social class, and social circle. Areas of social inequality include voting rights,freedom of speech and assembly, the extent of property rights and access to education, health care, quality housing, traveling, transportation, vacationing and other social goods and services. Apart from that it can also be seen in the quality of family and neighbourhood life, occupation, job satisfaction, and access to credit. If these economic divisions harden, they can lead to social inequality.
The reasons for social inequality can vary, but are often broad and far reaching. Social inequalities exist between races, classes and countries. The results of such social inequalities can be seen around the globe in the history of all countries.
Social inequality is different from economic inequality, though the two are linked. Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income. While economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth, social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social...